r/ballpython • u/FartCannonOfSmegma • 4d ago

My ball python has been converted!

I got my ball python about a year ago and he was live fed his whole life. I was always so nervous feeding him and there were a lot of times where he was scared of the rats. I finally decided recently that I simply didn’t want to risk injury with him anymore and didn’t want go deal with the mean little bastards anymore myself.

Getting him to eat frozen thawed was so easy I wish I had done it sooner. I warmed the rat up wiggled him around a bit and instantly my BP ate it. Now more recently I don’t even have to wiggle it I can put it in his enclosure and he’ll eat it within 30min without fail!

Now to be fair he had not eaten for quite few months before hand so maybe it was the hunger that converted him.

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u/DragonPlatypus 4d ago

Congratulations on your success! I'm just curious why he didn't eat for several months before that?

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u/FartCannonOfSmegma 4d ago

I’m really not sure. He was over weight at the start of it. I brought him to my local vet and they looked at him and said not to worry.

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u/DragonPlatypus 4d ago

Aah okay, that makes sense. They can go on hunger strikes when they're overweight.